1963 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1963 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone. ^[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[2]

Draw

	First Round 17–19 March
	Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
	Ceylon		0
	Pakistan		4

Quarterfinals 27 March–7 April

Semifinals 19–22 April

Final 4–6 May

Poona, India

Pakistan

1

Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

India

4

India

4

Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Malaya

0

Malaya

3

Tokyo, Japan

Burma

2

India

3

Fukuoka, Japan

Japan

2

Japan

5

Tokyo, Japan

South Korea

0

Japan

4

Manila, Philippines

Philippines

1

New Zealand

1

Philippines

3

First round

Ceylon vs. Pakistan

Ceylon 0	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [3] 17–19 March 1963 Clay		Pakistan 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raja Praesody Munir Pirzada 1 6 3 6 4 6       2 Gamini Perera Sheikh Qutubuddin 4 6 4 6 1 6       3 Senaka Kumara  /  Bernard Pinto Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed  /  Munir Pirzada 7 9 7 5 7 9 4 6     4 Raja Praesody Zulfiqar Rahim 1 6 6 3 1 6 6 2 4 6   5 Gamini Perera Munir Pirzada 1 6 3 6       not completed

Quarterfinals

India vs. Pakistan

India 4	Poona, India [4] 31 March–2 April 1963		Pakistan 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramanathan Krishnan Sheikh Qutubuddin 6 0 6 3 6 0       2 Jaidip Mukerjea Munir Pirzada 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Akhtar Ali  /  Jaidip Mukerjea Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed  /  Munir Pirzada 3 6 5 7 6 3 6 4 6 2   4 Jaidip Mukerjea Sheikh Qutubuddin 6 2 6 3 6 4       5 Akhtar Ali Zulfiqar Rahim 8 6 2 6 6 1 5 7 3 6

Malaya vs. Burma

Malaya 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [5] 27–30 March 1963		Burma 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Joe Ba Maung 4 6 6 1 6 3 6 1     2 Yoke-Yen Kwok Than Lwin 4 6 2 6 2 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Yoke-Yen Kwok Joe Ba Maung  /  Than Lwin 16 14 6 0 3 6 1 6 6 4   4 Sultan-Aman Azman Than Lwin 6 0 6 2 6 2       5 Yoke-Yen Kwok Joe Ba Maung 4 6 5 7 2 6

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan 5	Fukuoka, Japan [6] 5–7 April 1963		South Korea 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Osamu Ishiguro Lee Sang-yun 6 2 1 6 6 3 6 2     2 Koji Watanabe Kim Doo-hwan 6 3 6 2 7 5       3 Michio Fujii  /  Atsushi Miyagi Lee Sang-yun  /  Park Do-sung 3 6 6 0 6 2 6 1     4 Osamu Ishiguro Kim Doo-hwan 6 2 6 2 6 0       5 Koji Watanabe Lee Sang-yun 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 2

Philippines vs. New Zealand

Philippines 3	Manila, Philippines [7] 29–31 March 1963		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan-Johnson José Lew Gerrard 2 6 6 3 6 3 9 7     2 Felicisimo Ampon Ian Crookenden 4 6 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 1   3 Raymundo Deyro  /  Juan-Johnson José Lew Gerrard  /  Jeff Robson 4 6 3 6 6 3 3 6     4 Felicisimo Ampon Lew Gerrard 6 1 4 6 6 3 6 4     5 Juan-Johnson José Ian Crookenden           not played

Semifinals

Malaya vs. India

Malaya 0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [8] 19–22 April 1963		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Ramanathan Krishnan 1 6 1 6 0 6       2 Billy Yap Jaidip Mukerjea 1 6 0 6 2 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Yoke-Yen Kwok Akhtar Ali  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 4 6 2 6 4 6       4 Sultan-Aman Azman Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 2 6 3 6       5 Billy Yap Akhtar Ali 3 6 2 6       not completed

Japan vs. Philippines

Japan 4	Tokyo, Japan [9] 19–22 April 1963		Philippines 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Atsushi Miyagi Juan-Johnson José 3 6 6 1 6 2 7 5     2 Osamu Ishiguro Felicisimo Ampon 6 3 6 0 3 6 6 3     3 Michio Fujii  /  Atsushi Miyagi Eduardo Dungo  /  Juan-Johnson José 6 4 3 6 7 5 8 6     4 Osamu Ishiguro Juan-Johnson José 6 0 2 6 1 6 8 10     5 Atsushi Miyagi Felicisimo Ampon 2 6 6 3 6 4 8 6

Final

Japan vs. India

Japan 2	Tokyo, Japan [2] 3–7 May 1963		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Atsushi Miyagi Ramanathan Krishnan 5 7 6 4 0 6 0 6     2 Osamu Ishiguro Jaidip Mukerjea 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Michio Fujii  /  Atsushi Miyagi Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 6 4 3 6 2 6 5 7     4 Osamu Ishiguro Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 5 7         5 Atsushi Miyagi Jaidip Mukerjea 6 3 6 2 3 6 7 5

References

1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN   978-0942257700.
2. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
3. "Sri Lanka v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
4. "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
5. "Malaya v Burma". daviscup.com.
6. "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
7. "Philippines v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
8. "Malaya v India". daviscup.com.
9. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website